Thursday, June 18, 2009
Under the Rainbow
Sorry for being delinquent in sharing with you this week. Personal matters and the persistent cloud cover and rain have conspired to keep me from my nature explorations and sharing. I intend to begin my explorations again in the next days as the weather warms up and the clouds disappear. Next week promises to be sunny and warm (72F).
This afternoon we had a torrential rain/hail storm for about 30 minutes. We had hail the size of peas and lots of rain in a short time. That was about the 4th storm today that passed through. At the end of the last storm we had a treat of a beautiful GROUND hugging rainbow. This rainbow (at about 5 PM local time) stayed just above the ground for at least 15 minutes. When I first saw it, there was a second one much further above it for a double rainbow. I'll include a few images I took.
There's not much else I want to say now, but I will be back soon with more flowers and animals at RedRock RV Park near Island Park, Idaho.
Click on this panoramic image of the double rainbow for a larger version.
Notice the two rainbows, one above and one just above the ground. That's Yellowstone Plateau behind them. This is really how they looked!
When I zoomed in to the lower rainbow (with the camera) this is the result. Have you ever seen such a bright rainbow?
Maybe 15 minutes later it had faded quite a bit, but see the blue sky above?
Here's a couple hours before the storm, as it was gathering, looking down Red Rock Road in front of RedRock RV Park in Island Park, Idaho.
This afternoon we had a torrential rain/hail storm for about 30 minutes. We had hail the size of peas and lots of rain in a short time. That was about the 4th storm today that passed through. At the end of the last storm we had a treat of a beautiful GROUND hugging rainbow. This rainbow (at about 5 PM local time) stayed just above the ground for at least 15 minutes. When I first saw it, there was a second one much further above it for a double rainbow. I'll include a few images I took.
There's not much else I want to say now, but I will be back soon with more flowers and animals at RedRock RV Park near Island Park, Idaho.
Click on this panoramic image of the double rainbow for a larger version.
Notice the two rainbows, one above and one just above the ground. That's Yellowstone Plateau behind them. This is really how they looked!
When I zoomed in to the lower rainbow (with the camera) this is the result. Have you ever seen such a bright rainbow?
Maybe 15 minutes later it had faded quite a bit, but see the blue sky above?
Here's a couple hours before the storm, as it was gathering, looking down Red Rock Road in front of RedRock RV Park in Island Park, Idaho.# posted by RV Guy @ 5:03 PM 
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